Daily Digest: Real Madrid sack manager Julen Lopetegui after El Clasico thrashing

Sport360 staff 08:30 30/10/2018
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    TOP STORY

    Real Madrid have sacked manager Julen Lopetegui after just 14 games in charge.

    The club’s board took action following the 5-1 defeat to Barcelona at the Nou Camp.

    Sunday’s defeat leaves the club ninth in La Liga, seven points behind leaders Barcelona.

    Early candidates to replace Lopetegui include former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte.

    Santiago Solari has been placed in temporary charge of the team with his first game coming in the Copa del Rey with Melilla on Wednesday.

    FOOTBALL

    Manchester City ploughed their way through a sticky Wembley pitch and back to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Tottenham.

    The playing surface at the national stadium was in a poor condition due to Sunday’s NFL game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles but that did not bother City as Riyad Mahrez’s sixth-minute goal proved enough.

    Still, it was an eighth win from 10 Premier League games this season and they leapfrog Liverpool at the summit on goal difference.

    Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo has opened up about his decision to leave Real Madrid in the summer to join Serie A giants Juventus in a high-profile move.

    The 33-year-old explained the role played by Los Blancos president Florentino Perez in influencing his decision to leave in an interview with France Football magazine.

    CRICKET

    India bounced back from their 43-run loss at Pune in style to thump the West Indies by 224 run in the fourth ODI at Mumbai yesterday.

    Batting first, the hosts had posted a mammoth 377-5 in their 50 overs before their bowlers bundled out the visitors for just 153 runs despite a battling half-century from skipper Jason Holder.

    As the hosts take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series, read our key talking points from Mumbai.

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